On the Trail: Dec. 13

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Michele Bachmann

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, who is polling in the single digits, is ramping up her fundraising efforts to become more competitive. In a fundraising letter to supporters she said she’s got to raise every dollar she can before the January primary season “to ensure our hard-charging constitutional conservative campaign — not some milquetoast opponents like Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich — wins over these undecided Iowa voters." She hit the club scene in Scottsdale, Arizona, Sunday night, raising $50,000.